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Marisaldi L, Basili D, Gioacchini G, Canapa A, Carnevali O. De novo transcriptome assembly, functional annotation and characterization of the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larval stage. Mar Genomics 2020; 58:100834. [PMID: 33371994 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2020.100834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In the present work, we assembled and characterized a de novo larval transcriptome of the Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus by taking advantage of publicly available databases with the goal of better understanding its larval development. The assembled transcriptome comprised 37,117 protein-coding transcripts, of which 13,633 full-length (>80% coverage), with an Ex90N50 of 3061 bp and 76% of complete and single-copy core vertebrate genes orthologues. Of these transcripts, 34,980 had a hit against the EggNOG database and 14,983 with the KEGG database. Codon usage bias was identified in processes such as translation and muscle development. By comparing our data with a set of representative fish species, 87.1% of tuna transcripts were included in orthogroups with other species and 5.1% in assembly-specific orthogroups, which were enriched in terms related to muscle and bone development, visual system and ion transport. Following this comparative approach, protein families related to myosin, extracellular matrix and immune system resulted significantly expanded in the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Altogether, these results provide a glimpse of how the Atlantic bluefin tuna might have achieved early physical advantages over competing species in the pelagic environment. The information generated lays the foundation for future research on the more detailed exploration of physiological responses at the molecular level in different larval stages and paves the way to evolutionary studies on the Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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- Luca Marisaldi
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy; Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy.
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Tian X, Pang X, Wang L, Li M, Dong C, Ma X, Wang L, Song D, Feng J, Xu P, Li X. Dynamic regulation of mRNA and miRNA associated with the developmental stages of skin pigmentation in Japanese ornamental carp. Gene 2018; 666:32-43. [PMID: 29684491 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 03/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The Japanese ornamental carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Koi) is famous for multifarious colors and patterns, making it commonly culture and trade across the world. Although functional genes and inheritance of color traits have been commonly studied, seldom attentions were focused on the genetic regulation during the developmental process of pigmentation. To better understand the mechanism of skin color development, we observed the morphogenesis of pigment cells during the post-embryonic stages and analysed the temporal expression pattern of mRNAs/miRNAs profiles in four distinct developmental stages. 59 and 103 differentially expressed genes/miRNAs (DEGs/DEMs) associated with pigmentation and skin were identified, including pax7, mitf, tyr, tyrp1, etc., and the highest DEGs were detected at 11 days post hatching (dph). In addition, the functional characteristics of mRNAs/miRNAs associated with pteridine and carotenoid pathway were also examined. Furthermore, 65 miRNA-mRNA interaction pairs related to pigmentation, pteridines and carotenoids metabolism were detected between different stages. Interestingly, the largest pairs appeared in the transition from 11 dph to 48 dph, which had the similar trend with DEGs further manifesting the importance of 11 dph. This study produced a comprehensive programme of DEGs/DEMs during color development, which will provide resources to understand the regulation mechanism in color formation. The understanding of genetic basis in color formation might promote the production and breeding of the Koi carp.
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- Xue Tian
- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China
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- Henan Academy of Fishery Science, Zhengzhou, 410100, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, PR China.
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Expression Patterns of Atlantic Sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrinchus) During Embryonic Development. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2017; 7:533-542. [PMID: 27974440 PMCID: PMC5295599 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.036699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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During teleost ontogeny the larval and embryonic stages are key stages, since failure during this period of tissue differentiation may cause malformations, developmental delays, poor growth, and massive mortalities. Despite the rapid advances in sequencing technologies, the molecular backgrounds of the development of economically important but endangered fish species like the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) have not yet been thoroughly investigated. The current study examines the differential expression of transcripts involved in embryonic development of the Atlantic sturgeon. Addressing this goal, a reference transcriptome comprising eight stages was generated using an Illumina HiSequation 2500 platform. The constructed de novo assembly counted to 441,092 unfiltered and 179,564 filtered transcripts. Subsequently, the expression profile of four developmental stages ranging from early (gastrula) to late stages of prelarval development [2 d posthatching (dph)] were investigated applying an Illumina MiSeq platform. Differential expression analysis revealed distinct expression patterns among stages, especially between the two early and the two later stages. Transcripts upregulated at the two early stages were mainly enriched in transcripts linked to developmental processes, while transcripts expressed at the last two stages were mainly enriched in transcripts important to muscle contraction. Furthermore, important stage-specific expression has been detected for the hatching stage with transcripts enriched in molecule transport, and for the 2 dph stage with transcripts enriched in visual perception and lipid digestion. Our investigation represents a significant contribution to the understanding of Atlantic sturgeon embryonic development, and transcript characterization along with the differential expression results will significantly contribute to sturgeon research and aquaculture.
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Ciezarek AG, Dunning LT, Jones CS, Noble LR, Humble E, Stefanni SS, Savolainen V. Substitutions in the Glycogenin-1 Gene Are Associated with the Evolution of Endothermy in Sharks and Tunas. Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8:3011-3021. [PMID: 27614233 PMCID: PMC5630876 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Despite 400–450 million years of independent evolution, a strong phenotypic convergence has occurred between two groups of fish: tunas and lamnid sharks. This convergence is characterized by centralization of red muscle, a distinctive swimming style (stiffened body powered through tail movements) and elevated body temperature (endothermy). Furthermore, both groups demonstrate elevated white muscle metabolic capacities. All these traits are unusual in fish and more likely evolved to support their fast-swimming, pelagic, predatory behavior. Here, we tested the hypothesis that their convergent evolution was driven by selection on a set of metabolic genes. We sequenced white muscle transcriptomes of six tuna, one mackerel, and three shark species, and supplemented this data set with previously published RNA-seq data. Using 26 species in total (including 7,032 tuna genes plus 1,719 shark genes), we constructed phylogenetic trees and carried out maximum-likelihood analyses of gene selection. We inferred several genes relating to metabolism to be under selection. We also found that the same one gene, glycogenin-1, evolved under positive selection independently in tunas and lamnid sharks, providing evidence of convergent selective pressures at gene level possibly underlying shared physiology.
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- Adam G Ciezarek
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, UK Present address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, UK Present address: Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, UK
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Patel A, Dettleff P, Hernandez E, Martinez V. A comprehensive transcriptome of early development in yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi). Mol Ecol Resour 2015; 16:364-76. [DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Revised: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- A. Patel
- FAVET-INBIOGEN; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences; University of Chile; Avda. Santa Rosa 11735 Santiago Chile
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- FAVET-INBIOGEN; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences; University of Chile; Avda. Santa Rosa 11735 Santiago Chile
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- FAVET-INBIOGEN; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences; University of Chile; Avda. Santa Rosa 11735 Santiago Chile
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- FAVET-INBIOGEN; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences; University of Chile; Avda. Santa Rosa 11735 Santiago Chile
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Kaitetzidou E, Xiang J, Antonopoulou E, Tsigenopoulos CS, Sarropoulou E. Dynamics of gene expression patterns during early development of the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Physiol Genomics 2015; 47:158-69. [DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00001.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Larval and embryonic stages are the most critical period in the life cycle of marine fish. Key developmental events occur early in development and are influenced by external parameters like stress, temperature, salinity, and photoperiodism. Any failure may cause malformations, developmental delays, poor growth, and massive mortalities. Advanced understanding of molecular processes underlying marine larval development may lead to superior larval rearing conditions. Today, the new sequencing and bioinformatic methods allow transcriptome screens comprising messenger (mRNA) and microRNA (miRNA) with the scope of detecting differential expression for any species of interest. In the present study, we applied Illumina technology to investigate the transcriptome of early developmental stages of the European seabass ( Dicentrarchus labrax). The European seabass, in its natural environment, is a euryhaline species and has shown high adaptation processes in early life phases. During its embryonic and larval phases the European seabass lives in a marine environment and as a juvenile it migrates to coastal zones, estuaries, and lagoons. Investigating the dynamics of gene expression in its early development may shed light on factors promoting phenotypic plasticity and may also contribute to the improvement and advancement of rearing methods of the European seabass, a species of high economic importance in European and Mediterranean aquaculture. We present the identification, characterization, and expression of mRNA and miRNA, comprising paralogous genes and differentially spliced transcripts from early developmental stages of the European seabass. We further investigated the detection of possible interactions of miRNA with mRNA.
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- E. Kaitetzidou
- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
- School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; and
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- Genomics Resources Core Facility, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; and
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- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
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- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
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Shen H, Gu R, Xu G, Xu P, Nie Z, Hu Y. In-depth transcriptome analysis of Coilia ectenes, an important fish resource in the Yangtze River: de novo assembly, gene annotation. Mar Genomics 2015; 23:15-7. [PMID: 25795024 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Revised: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Coilia ectenes is an important teleost species in the Yangtze River and a model organism that can be used to study the protection of fish resources. In this report, we performed de novo transcriptome sequencing of ten cDNA libraries from the brain, gill, heart, intestine, kidney, liver, muscle, stomach, ovary, and testis tissues. A total of 352 million raw reads of 100 base pairs were generated, and 130,113 transcripts, corresponding to 65,350 non-redundant transcripts, with a mean length of 1520 bp, were assembled. BLASTx-based gene annotation (E-value<1 × 10(-5)) allowed the identification of 73,900 transcripts against at least one of four databases, including the NCBI non-redundant database, the GO database, the COG database, and the KEGG database. Our study provides a valuable resource for C. ectenes genomic and transcriptomic data that will facilitate future functional studies of C. ectenes.
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- Huaishun Shen
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China; Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China; Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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Zhang X, Wang S, Chen S, Chen Y, Liu Y, Shao C, Wang Q, Lu Y, Gong G, Ding S, Sha Z. Transcriptome analysis revealed changes of multiple genes involved in immunity in Cynoglossus semilaevis during Vibrio anguillarum infection. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 43:209-218. [PMID: 25543033 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Revised: 11/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) is one of the most valuable marine aquatic species in Northern China. Given to the rapid development of aquaculture industry, the C. semilaevis was subjected to disease-causing bacteria Vibrio anguillarum. It therefore is indispensable and urgent to understand the mechanism of C. semilaevis host defense against V. anguillarum infection. In the present study, the extensively analysis at the transcriptome level for V. Anguillarum disease in tongue sole was carried out. In total, 94,716 high quality contigs were generated from 75,884,572 clean reads in three libraries (HOSG, NOSG, and CG). 22,746 unigenes were identified when compared with SwissProt, an NR protein database and NT nucleotide database. 954 genes exhibiting the differentially expression at least one pair of comparison in all three libraries were identified. GO enrichment for these genes revealed gene response to biotic stimulus, immune system regulation, and immune response and cytokine production. Further, the pathways such as complement and coagulation cascades and Vibrio cholerae infection pathways were enriched in defensing of pathogen. Besides, 13,428 SSRs and 118,239 SNPs were detected in tongue sole, providing further support for genetic variation and marker-assisted selection in future. In summary, this study identifies several putative immune pathways and candidate genes deserving further investigation in the context of development of therapeutic regimens and lays the foundation for selecting resistant lines of C. semilaevis against V. anguillarum.
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- Xiang Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China; Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Global Change, College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 182 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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- Department of Psychiatry & Neurobiology Science, University of Virginia, 1670 Discovery Drive, Suite 110, Charlottesville 22911, VA, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Global Change, College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 182 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China.
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Richardson CJ, Bernier NJ, Danzmann RG, Ferguson MM. Phenotypic and QTL allelic associations among embryonic developmental rate, body size, and precocious maturation in male rainbow trout. Mar Genomics 2014; 18 Pt A:31-8. [PMID: 25023604 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We examined associations among embryonic developmental rate (EDR) as measured by hatching time, juvenile body weight (BW) and propensity for precocial sexual maturation (PM) at two years in two sets of diallel crosses of rainbow trout produced in two spawning seasons (September and December) at both the phenotypic and genotypic levels. Dams and sires had highly significant effects on the body weight of their male juvenile progeny on three measurement dates where parental effects remained consistent through time. Dams spawning earlier in the season produced a greater number of mature male progeny (56.7%) than did later spawning females (25.6%). The families from the December lot showed the expected associations among traits in that earlier hatching fish were significantly heavier on all three measurement dates than later hatching fish and were more likely to mature earlier when families were combined. Moreover, earlier maturing fish were significantly heavier on the third measurement date than those that did not mature. In the September lot, mature fish were significantly heavier as juveniles on all three measurement dates than immature fish as predicted but no significant associations were detected between EDR and BW or between PM and EDR. Significant QTL were detected for all three traits but the linkage group location varied depending on the trait and half-sib group analyzed (across dams and sires in each lot). A strong QTL for EDR with genome-wide effects was detected on linkage group RT-8 in all four half-sib analyses. None of the four linkage groups analyzed had QTL for all three traits. However, the phenotypic association between EDR and BW observed in the December lot was supported by the co-localization of QTL to linkage group RT-8 and a positive coupling of allelic effects. RT-8 marker alleles significantly associated with faster EDR were also associated with larger BW and this was observed in numerous families on all three measurement dates. Linkage group RT-24 had weaker QTL for all three traits in the September lot but these were not detected in the same half-sib group simultaneously. At the allelic level, marker alleles for faster EDR were also associated with BW but only at the third measurement date and the progeny of one male. Similarly, RT-30 had weaker QTL for EDR and PM in the December paternal half-sib analysis but no associations were evident at the allelic level. The detection of associations between life history traits and growth at both the phenotypic and genotypic levels has significant implications to aquaculture breeding programs where selection for a desirable trait may lead to unwanted alterations of other traits. Furthermore, the differences between spawning season lots emphasize the complex interaction between environment and genotype on economically important traits and the resulting challenges for aquaculture.
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- Colin J Richardson
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G2W1, Canada.
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